Century-old Southern Nevada gold mine reborn

12:37 AM,
Jul. 21, 2013

Written by

Ben Botkin
Las Vegas Review-Journal

For more than a century, the Quartette Mine has gone through good times and bad.

The gold mine on the southern edge of Searchlight was an economic boom for the region, starting in the 1890s. By 1913, setbacks hit. Workers clashed with the owners in labor disputes and mining equipment sabotage. To settle its debt, the owners deeded the property over to their lender, the Searchlight Mercantile Co.

One hundred years and three generations later, a combination of family ties, unusual geology and years of exploration appears to be on the verge of turning around the gold mine's fortunes. ...